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Millions are choosing to build smart homes from scratch each year, while many others are adding networking features to their existing homes. For example, home-builder Lennar recently began offering a networked home option for buyers. From the living room, where the PC is capable of becoming an enter...
The latest reports from the front lines in the video game console wars show that Nintendo's Wii was the U.S. market leader in January, according to new market research data. Sales figures for Wii were 436,000 units that month in the United States, compared with 294,000 units for Microsoft's Xbox 360...
Intel and Motion Computing have teamed up to develop and deliver a new tablet PC for the healthcare industry -- the C5 mobile clinical assistant. Based on Intel's new MCA platform, Motion's C5 device is currently in trial use in hospitals and is already gaining enthusiastic interest from the health...
AMD released two different kinds of desktop processors Tuesday, giving one product line a speed boost while dropping the wattage requirements for the other, more energy-efficient line. On the high end, the company introduced the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor 6000+, which should be available i...
There is a secret battle raging within your enterprise and in your home: control of electronic data. It's being waged by the world's largest IT vendors and global entertainment giants. The outcome of this battle will have an impact on you, your company and your use of digital content and information...
3GSM, the big cell phone show, just wrapped up in Barcelona, Spain, and there were a number of big announcements. We've already seen LG's Prada phone, which launched this month, take aim at the iPhone. At this show, we saw two others -- both of which are capable of doing more that the iPhone does ...
Industry participants and observers are looking for big things to happen in the smartphone space this year. A bevy of emergent technical standards and formats constrain the distribution of content that should be available to smartphone users -- for example, more and varied information, communication...
Sharp has introduced a new Blu-ray disc player that is the first such device capable of recording high-definition content directly from television. The new BD-HP1, set to go on sale in Japan next month, allows the transfer of content from the company's Aquos digital tuner or Aquos HD Recorder to the...
Home network users could be vulnerable to attacks from hackers who can alter the configuration of a broadband router or wireless access point. Symantec released its "Drive-By Pharming" attacks report Thursday, roughly two months after security researchers at Symantec and Indiana University first pub...
In a move that could signal a massive leap forward in unlocking some of the most complex mysteries of our world, D-Wave Systems has demonstrated what it called the world's first commercially viable quantum computer. The theories behind quantum computing have been around for decades, and the first re...
A Texas judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a 13-year-old girl who allegedly was assaulted by a man she met through the social networking Web site MySpace. Part of the case was dismissed with prejudice, a decision that will likely be appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court, according to...
"Star Wars" enthusiasts can finally begin their countdown to the release of "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed." Game maker LucasArts on Wednesday made public long sought details on the next installment of the "Star Wars" saga. Gamers can expect to see "TFU" on store shelves in November 2007 for the Xb...
In a landmark vote Tuesday, the Kansas State Board of Education once again adopted science standards regarding instruction in evolution. The new guidelines reflect an overturn of previous standards, written in part by advocates of "intelligent design," that earned Kansas international ridicule in 20...
The use of a home network largely as a broadband-sharing mechanism is just the first of several stages in the evolution of connectivity. For example, while we predict that by year-end 2010, nearly 40 million U.S. households -- and an estimated 180 million worldwide households -- will have data netwo...
Relentless attempts by those determined to undermine the copy-protection technology used on HD DVD movies continue to yield successes. The newest discovery, revealed on the Doom9 Forum by someone with the screen name "Arnezami," involves the location of the "processing key" vital to the high-definit...
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